+ Olafur Ragnar Grimsson (CREDIT)

Iceland’s President, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, was in Ohio on Dec. 10 to receive an honorary doctorate degree from Ohio State. While he was there he gave a speech on climate change. That speech is now available online with accompanying slides. CLICK HERE.

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Schuster: My uncle once sent me the link to the Toronto newsletter and we didn’t really know anything was going on here. And then they had the Snorri program… it’s an exchange program where you go to Iceland for six weeks and meet quite a bit of your …

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Flickr Image of the week: Reykjanesviti is Iceland’s oldest lighthouse. It serves as a landfall light for Reykjavík and Keflavík. The tower is a 31 metres tall construction, situated on the southwestern edge of the Reykjanes peninsula. The original structure was built in 1878; just eight years later the building was destroyed by an earthquake.” ~ Helgi Hall & Visit Iceland.

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